Chicago Indie Bookstores Have A Challenge For You This Saturday
By Emma G. Gallegos in Arts & Entertainment on Apr 28, 2017 4:17PM
Staff recommendations are the best. Here are some from. Seminary Co-op Bookstore. (Photo by Kelly Johnson | Duna Photography via the Chicagoist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)
This year independent bookstores in Chicago are banding together in a big way for Independent Bookstore Day, which is tomorrow April 29. (Thanks, Amazon!) This is typically a fun day to visit your local bookseller—there is usually a lot of cool programming—but this year they're encouraging you to visit as many as you humanly can in one day.
The #MyChicagoBookstore Challenge works like this: visit one store and spend at least $25 and you will receive a luggage tag. Then you can proceed to visit other stores and collect luggage tags. You don't have to spend anything at subsequent stores (but if you're a book lover, you know how tough that is!). If you manage to visit 10 stores, you will receive 10% off at all the participating bookstores for the entire year. If you hit 15 stores, you can receive 15% off at all the participating bookstores for the entire year. Altogether there are 24 stores participating this year in the Chicago area.
Here's a map of all the stores participating so you can plot your path:
And here is the full list of participating stores. You can check out some of the different events through the consortium's Facebook page. (And check out our staff's list of the best bookstores around Chicago. There is some overlap between the two lists.)
57th Street Books is located at 1301 E. 57th St., Hyde Park (773) 684-1300.
Anderson's Bookshop has three locations:
5112 Main St., Downers Grove (630) 963-2665
26 S. La Grange Rd., La Grange (708) 582-6353
123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville (630) 355-2665
The Book Bin is located in 151 Church St., Northbrook, (847) 498-4999
The Book Cellar is located at 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave., Lincoln Square, (773) 293-2665
The Book Stall at Chestnut Court is located at 811 Elm St., Winnetka (847) 446-8880
The Book Table is located at 1045 Lake St., Oak Park, (708) 386-9800
Bookends & Beginnings is located at 1712 Sherman Ave., Alley #1, Evanston, (224) 999-7722
Bookie's is located at 2419 W. 103rd St., Beverly, (773) 239-1110
Centuries and Sleuths is located at 7419 Madison St., Forest Park, (708) 771-7243
Magic Tree Bookstore is located at 141 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, (708) 848-0770
Newberry Library Bookshop is located at 60 W. Walton St., Near North Side, (312) 255-3520
Open Books has two locations:
Pilsen location: 905 W. 19th St., (312) 243-9776
West Loop location: 651 W. Lake St. (312) 475-1355, x100
Powell's Books Chicago is located at 1501 E. 57th St., Hyde Park (773) 955-7780
Quimby's is located at 1854 W. North Ave., Bucktown (773) 342-0910
Read It & Eat is located at 2142 N. Halsted St., Lincoln Park, (773) 661-6158
RoscoeBooks is located at 2142 W. Roscoe St., Roscoe Village, (773) 857-2676
Sandmeyer's Bookstore is located at 714 S. Dearborn St., Printers Row (312) 922-2104
Seminary Co-op Bookstore is located at 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave., Hyde Park, (773) 752-4381
Volumes Bookcafe is located at 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave., Wicker Park, (773) 697-8066
Wicker Park Secret Agent Supply Co./826CHI is located at 1276 N. Milwaukee Ave., Wicker Park, (773) 772-8108
Women & Children First is located at 5233 N. Clark St., Andersonville, (773) 769-9299